Posted by Gains on March 18, 2014, 10:07 am, in reply to "Re: Now what?"
Why would anyone shop at Lowe's when you have perfectly good local hardware stores in the heart of town? That's a pertinent question than the question of which big box to shop at. But hey, let's all shop at Lowes so Pace hardware (which is a totally good hardware store) goes under and then we can all complain about the empty buildings all over town. Then, let's all drive out to Glen Carbon to buy our lumber so our Lowes closes. Just kill our town $15 at a time.
If you were to buy $1000 in supplies in Granite City it would cost you what, 16 more dollars? How much does it cost to drive out to Glen Carbon? Do you really save anything? And even if you did save a bit, don't you think the decline in property value is a horrible trade-off when the lack of taxes causes schools to close?